Cleveland,
OH – Federal prisoner Ruby Seagraves, age 34, escaped custody from the
Bedford Heights City Jail at approximately 11:45 p.m. last night. Seagraves was
being held on federal charges of heroin possession since January 2011. The U.S.
Marshals Service was immediately notified and responded to the jail to begin the
fugitive investigation. The Bedford Heights Jail staff worked with the U.S.
Marshals Service to develop information that the fugitive was possibly in a
vehicle traveling southbound on I-71. The U.S. Marshals Service then coordinated
with their Task Force partners at the Ohio State Highway Patrol in an effort to
locate the vehicle.

At approximately 3:00 a.m. this morning, the Ohio
State Highway Patrol located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on
the vehicle in Morrow County, Ohio. The Ohio State Troopers located and arrested
Seagraves in the vehicle. Seagraves was transported to the Morrow County Jail to
be held until return to the Northern District of Ohio. Another female was also
taken into custody during the traffic stop and is being held at the Morrow
County Jail pending potential federal charges of aiding an escapee. The U.S.
Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are jointly conducting
the escape investigation.

Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Roberto Robinson stated,
“The prompt and effective response of the Bedford Heights City Jail staff,
Deputy U.S. Marshals, Task Force Officers and the Ohio State Troopers proved to
be the key component in capturing this escapee so quickly.”